Manu_Ginobili
03-23-2008, 08:38 PM
Spurs won the game after trailing by 14 pts, but BIG PART of the victory was the injury of Dirk, SO WE PUT (*) right next to this victory - the defense overall was good, not to say excellent, I believe in transition defense we did great, rebounding job was great, Fab was excellent for his minutes, but MANU was the guy taking over the game and leading the Spurs to a 'W' today...still the offense is VERY POOR, AND IT ALL starts with Tim Duncan - who went 0-6 and terrible 1st half - this carried over the entire team as we were in a shooting slump - THERE is no way we win a title playing that ugly in offense...Manu even said it after the game, even we don't improve, we will have problems in the Playoffs, I believe him...Stack was horrible - he nailed down Manu pretty bad by hand (almost injuring him by pushing his throat!), and then got tossed for second technical...he should be suspended for at least 1 game!!! I didn't like our offense at all - defensively we are there, but offensively we are STILL NOT GOOD, and Manu stated the same after the game - there is a lot to improve - however we have 13 games to do just that...
he Mavs are in a bad shape right now, however, this injury of Dirk might have the opposite effect on them (as on the Rockets), mobilize them to win games and make the Playoffs, or they will completely meltdown and be out of it soon - Denver won today 109-100 after being blown away by TOR Raptors in the 1st quarter (allowing 35 pts!), so the distance is getting closer - if GS beats LA Lakers in the next 2 hours, the Mavs will be IN GREAT DANGER OF NOT MAKING THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR, which might be a good thing for them overall - this trade J Kidd for D. Harris, Hassell and Diop was one of the MOST STUPID TRADES I have ever seen...so, the Mavs move on and rebuild - J Kidd MAY BECOME A SPUR for a veteran minimum one day (after his huge contract expires?) - HOW ABOUT THAT, EH???
About our "W", I am NOT sure with Dirk staying in there that we would've won - we turned the ball over 2 times in the last 3 minutes of the game, but it didn't cost us - Kidd and Terry missed WIDE OPEN 3s...I think with Dirk, it wouldn't been so easy to beat them, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND that after trading D. Harris and Diop, the Spurs are MUCH BETTER "matchup" against the Mavs right now, and I am NOT afraid of them at all - THE BEST TEAM IN THE WEST IS NO HORNETS - I SAW THEM beating the Celts last night, reversing a 10 point deficit to a win - they were very impressive in the 4th quarter again - the held the last 5 teams they played at home in single digits in the 4th quarter, only LA LAKERS SCORED 23 PTS (BUT THEY LOST THE GAME AS WELL), and the victory last night over Boston makes the Hornets the team to "beat" in the West!
Interesting things are going with the Mavs - they are almost in the same situation as the Rockets are - their superstar is out for 2 weeks ("de ja vu" all over again!), so they either will "get together" and make an unbelievable run (as the Rockets did), or will miss the Playoffs (Denver will take over their spot!)...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/rumors/post/Cuban-unhappy-with-Johnson-Mavs-since-Kidd-s-ar?urn=nba,73010
I think Avery will be DONE soon as a coach if he doesn't make the Playoffs, he will be done...NOBODY CAN WORK WITH CUBAN, NOBODY...Cuban actually did trade himself Kidd for those guys, now is blaming Avery for the losses...
GO MANU!!! In MANU I trust!!!
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he Mavs are in a bad shape right now, however, this injury of Dirk might have the opposite effect on them (as on the Rockets), mobilize them to win games and make the Playoffs, or they will completely meltdown and be out of it soon - Denver won today 109-100 after being blown away by TOR Raptors in the 1st quarter (allowing 35 pts!), so the distance is getting closer - if GS beats LA Lakers in the next 2 hours, the Mavs will be IN GREAT DANGER OF NOT MAKING THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR, which might be a good thing for them overall - this trade J Kidd for D. Harris, Hassell and Diop was one of the MOST STUPID TRADES I have ever seen...so, the Mavs move on and rebuild - J Kidd MAY BECOME A SPUR for a veteran minimum one day (after his huge contract expires?) - HOW ABOUT THAT, EH???
About our "W", I am NOT sure with Dirk staying in there that we would've won - we turned the ball over 2 times in the last 3 minutes of the game, but it didn't cost us - Kidd and Terry missed WIDE OPEN 3s...I think with Dirk, it wouldn't been so easy to beat them, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND that after trading D. Harris and Diop, the Spurs are MUCH BETTER "matchup" against the Mavs right now, and I am NOT afraid of them at all - THE BEST TEAM IN THE WEST IS NO HORNETS - I SAW THEM beating the Celts last night, reversing a 10 point deficit to a win - they were very impressive in the 4th quarter again - the held the last 5 teams they played at home in single digits in the 4th quarter, only LA LAKERS SCORED 23 PTS (BUT THEY LOST THE GAME AS WELL), and the victory last night over Boston makes the Hornets the team to "beat" in the West!
Interesting things are going with the Mavs - they are almost in the same situation as the Rockets are - their superstar is out for 2 weeks ("de ja vu" all over again!), so they either will "get together" and make an unbelievable run (as the Rockets did), or will miss the Playoffs (Denver will take over their spot!)...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/rumors/post/Cuban-unhappy-with-Johnson-Mavs-since-Kidd-s-ar?urn=nba,73010
I think Avery will be DONE soon as a coach if he doesn't make the Playoffs, he will be done...NOBODY CAN WORK WITH CUBAN, NOBODY...Cuban actually did trade himself Kidd for those guys, now is blaming Avery for the losses...
GO MANU!!! In MANU I trust!!!
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